Track supporting and fastening means



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TRACK SUPPORTING AND FASTENING MEANS.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. I7, 1921.

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TRACK SUPPORTING AND FASTENING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I7, 1921.

Patented June 21,

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TRACK SUPPORTING AND FASTENING MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' -Applcation filed February 17, 1921. Serial No. 445,666,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VILLIAM O. BATTS, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Wilmot, inthe county ofCowley and State of Kansas, haveinvented a new and Improved `TrackSupporting and Fastening Means,of `which the following is a description.

Thegeneral object of my invention is to provide an improved permanenttrack bed aswell astrack-fastening means in consonance with-.the `.novelbed, and means to buttress the track against spreadingstrains.

`More specifically the invention has for an object to embody theinvention in a form reflecting important practical considerations Fig.4'is a transverse section of the con-y struction shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a modification of therail-fasteningv means for use at a rail joint;

Fig. 6 isa cross sectional view on a reduced scale and largelydiagrammatic, the view being given toshow a bed `depressed between thestringere.

Referring at first more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 the numeral 10indicates the foundation of a concrete road bed having a inishedlayer 11of finer material such as asphalt or the like. nouncedly deeper'at thesides, the concrete being laid in trenches as at 10a. In connection withthe road lbed 10, 10a, I employ precast stringers 12 of concreteornement disposed above the.` trench fillings 10, onl

which stringers the track rails A are laid, the Stringer sections inpractice advantageously being cemented together or other wise suitablyjoined (as indicated at y13,

The bed is carried pro' lTransverse tiebars 14 are employed, disposedbelow the surfaceof the road bed and forming chairs 14L adjacenttorthelends thereof on `which the stringere 412 are seated- PatentedJune 21,1921.

Each Stringer 14 outwardof.the1chairs2l4a f is formed with upstandingportions l5, the ends 1G of said tie bar being offsetltoextend laterallyoutward substantially `above `the plane of the body ofthe tie bar and`in practice lying slightly below the tops of the stringers 12. Pre-castconcrete posts 17 are disposed in'theroad bedbelowthefoflset ends 16 ofthe tie bars andterminate preferably Yinfa plane slightly abovetheunder` sides of the stringers 12. On top of the posts'17 a finergrade of cementblocks `18 are disposed and these areformed withclepressions 18L which receive grouting, con-- crete, or other :suitable1 road bed material, on top of'which is a layer llaof asphalt or thelike, on whichithe offset ends 16vy ofthe tie bars rest.- -Each`tie baris anchored centrally by a pin 20.- passedy through'a` pin hole in' saidvtie barandinto the ground. Alsoanchoring `pins 21 are employed passingdownwardly' through the offset ends 16,

through vthe bed -material 19 `and through vertical pin holes'formedinblocks-lS and posts 17. The arrangement is suchthat the Posts17 'and-the blocks 18'-act=tobuttress.` the road bed to resist anyspreadingltend-f encyof the stringers Y12. Outsideof the posts 17 theroad bedimay be banked up by broken' stone Y 1()b or other ymaterial.anchoring pins 21iare preferably locked by The v wedges 22 driventhrough openings 16L iny the offset ends 16 and into the asphaltll23Vand bed `material 19; thesaid wedges; being accommodated in lateralislots 21a (Fig. 2)'` in the heads of the pins`21. If desire"d,-setyscrews 23 may be employed having threaded engagement with upstandinglugs 2401i the ends 16 and bearing against the wedges 22 to preventloosening of the latter.

I provide clamp meansasso'ciat'ed with the tie bars 14 for fastening therails A, as follows: Clamps 25 extend laterally aty their upper portionsto overlie the flanges of the rails A at the outer sides of the rails,the bodiesl 26 of saidclainps being in the forml of vertical plateslying between the upstand-y ing portions 15 of the tie bars 14 andtheouter sides of the stringere 12, so that said clamps aie rmly'bracedagainst said up; standing portions 15. 'The clamps are se` cured byverticall bolts 27 passing through the stringers.

the bodies 26 of the clamps and through the tie bars 14 adjacent to thestringer seats 1421. At the inner sides the rails are secured by clamps28 overlying the flanges at the inner sides of the rails, the verticalbodies 29 of said clamps being disposed against the inner sides of thestringers 12and being secured by vertical bolts 30 passing through saidbodies and through oblong slots 33 1n the tie bar 14. Screwsl havethreaded engagement with upstanding lugs 32on the tie bar 14 and bear attheir forward ends against the backs of the clamp plates 29 pressing thesame firmly against the stringers 12 at theV inner sides thereof.

In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the elements shown in Figs. 1 and 2are employed and in addition Iprovide in the concrete road bed 10cgutter-shaped or U-shaped pre-cast concrete-beams'34 havingV drain holes35 in the bottom thereof. Sai beams 34 range lengthwise of the trackbetween adjacent posts 17 'and therefore lie directly beneath thestringers 12 and the seats 14a. The concrete 10c is laid in trenches andforms a bed for the beams 34, said concrete also lling said beams. InFig'. 3 I

' have shown the described rail fastenings including the clamps 25, 28as employed between the rail joints and at a rail joint employing anordinary fishplate 36. Y

In Fig. 5 at the rail joint I have shownV clamps 25a, 28a of a form toconstitute angle irons as wellas clamps for the bases of the rails, saidclamps having the body plates 26a, 29EL secured by vertical bolts 27a,30a.

In Fig. 6 the bed 10 for the stringers 12 has the top Vsurface 10ddepressed between The other elements indicated in Fig. 6 correspond withthose described above and bear corresponding characters. It is to beunderstood that the depressed bed of Fig. 6 is in practice given anasphaltor other suitable finish and has any approved outlets forcarrying off the water collecting in the depressed bed.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated examplesconstitute practical embodiments of my invention, I do not limit myselfstrictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestlythe same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit ofthe inventionas defined in. the appended claims.

I-Iaving thus desoribedmy invention, I claim 1. In aV railway, concreteVrail-supporting stringers, transverse tie bars affording seats neartheir ends for said stringers, means to clamp track rails to saidstringers and clamp the stringers on said seats, said tie bars eX-tending laterally beyond said stringers and seats and having their endsoffset in a plane Y above said seats, pre-cast concrete posts set in theroadbed beneath 'said offset ends to support the latter, and formingbuttresses to resist spreading of the stringers, and means to fastensaid offset ends to said posts.

2. In a railway, a concrete roadbed, transverse tie bars disposed insaid bed below the surface thereof, stringers supported on said tie barsinward from the ends thereof, said tie bars having upstanding portionsat the outer side of said stringers, buttress posts in the roadbedoutside of said upstanding` portions, and means securing the stringersin. position. t

3. In a railway, a concrete roadbed, transverse tie bars disposed insaid bed below the surface thereof, stringers supported on said tie barsinward from the ends'thereof,

said tie bars having upstanding portions at the outer'side of saidstringers and the ends of the bars being offset laterally outward at theupper ends of the upstanding portions, posts beneath said odset ends,means to securesaid offset ends to the posts and anchor the posts to thebed, 'means to 'anchor the bodies of the bars betweenfsaid stringers,

and means securing the stringers to the tie bars.

4. In a railway, a concrete roadbed trans* verse tie bars disposed insaid bed below the surface thereof, stringers supported on said tie barsinward from the ends thereof, said` tie bars having upstanding portionsat the outer sides of said stringers, and the ends of the bars beingoffset'laterallyoutward at the upper ends of said upstanding portions,

andmeans securing bars.

5. In a railway, transverse tie bars the stringers tof the tie andaffording Stringer seats inward from said ends and v resentingupstanding portions between sald seats and offset ends, and upstandingclamps on the bars at thesides of said seats and adapted to receive andisecure stringers. y

6. In a railway, transverse tie bars having ends offset above the bodiesof the bars and affording Stringer seats inward from said ends andpresenting upstanding portions between said seats and offset ends, andStringer-securing means disposed respectively adjacent tov saidupstanding port-ions and laterally inward therefrom to receive stringerstherebetween. l

7. In a railway, transverse tie bars affording seats for rail-supportingmeans, clamps resting on said tie bars at the sides ofthe seats adaptedto Vreceive the rail-supporting means therebetween, said clampspresenting members to engage the rails, and vertical bolts extendingthrough said Vclamps and adapted to secure the ysame to the tie bars.

8. In a railway, transverse tie bars aording seats'forrail-supportingmeans, clamps hav-v ing ends offset above the bodies ofthe bars` means therebetween, said clamps presenting members to engagethe rails, and vertical bolts extending through said clamps and adaptedto secure the same to the tie bars, those clamps at the inner sides ofthe seats being laterall adjustable on the tie bars; together withorizontally disposed set screws operating in members of the tie barsand adapted to bear against said adjustable clamps.

9. In a railway, transverse tie bars adapted to receive rail-supportingmeans inward from the ends of the bars, posts in the roadbed beneath theends of the tie bars, and anchorng means securing said ends to saidposts. n

l0. In a railway, transverse tie bars adapted to receive rail-supportingmeans in- `ward from the ends of the bars, pre-cast concrete posts inthe roadbed beneath the ends of the bars, said posts presentingdepressions at the top, filler means in said depressions beneath theends of the tie bars, and means to anchor said ends to said posts.

1l. In a railway, a concrete roadbed, transverse tie bars in saidconcrete bed below the surface thereof and adapted to receiverail-supporting means inward from the ends of said bars, pre-cast postsbeneath the ends of the bars, anchoring pins extending through the endsof the bars and into said posts, and wedges to lock said anchoring pins,and means to prevent displacement of the wedges.

WILLIAM O. BATTS.

